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Michael Halter (Fed)
Research Interests
- Advanced live cell imaging to aid biomanufacturing
- Dynamics of individual pluripotent stem cells
- Modeling gene expression dynamics with engineered fluorescent protein gene reporter cell lines
- Processing large scale optical microscopy data to measure single cell dynamics from cellular populations
- Validating image analysis, especially new A.I.-based approaches
- Quality control for quantitative optical microscopy
Research Opportunities for Postdoctoral Applicants
NIST-NRC Postdoctoral Fellowship: 2-year fellowship at NIST, US citizens only, competitive salary plus benefits, relocation expenses included, application deadlines are Feb. 1 and Aug. 1, requires 10 page research proposal. Contact me if interested in writing a proposal on quantitative, live stem cell imaging or stochastic modeling of stem cell populations. See these links:
--Tracking Markers of Pluripotency and Differentiation in Live Cells
--Mathematical Models for Characterizing Pluripotent Stem Cell Populations
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Left: Phase contrast image of H9 stem cell colony, highlights indicate the types of measurements that can be derived from an image. Middle: The same colony imaged in fluorescence, cells are expressing GFP under the control of the Oct4 promoter. Right: Apple tree on NIST campus that is a direct descendant of the tree that provided Newton inspiration.